State ex rel. Gayer v. Gayer

The issues in this domestic relations case are whether a support obligor, who has a support arrearage, is entitled to direct how support payments will be applied and, if so, whether the obligor (father) in this case directed how his support payments would be applied. The trial court ruled that father could and did direct how some of his support payments would be applied. The Court of Appeals affirmed without opinion. Gayer and Gayer, 144 Or App 328, 927 P2d 158 (1996). For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and reverse in part the decision of the Court of Appeals.

The parties divorced…